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Re: Windows 7?

From Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Windows 7?
Date 2014-05-18 14:37 +1200
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <180520141437129506%YourName@YourISP.com> (permalink)
References (3 earlier) <vilain-91AF9F.08514915052014@news.individual.net> <flebn91r95i2f750vttjsea69d92uk5g9m@4ax.com> <vilain-602722.09204617052014@news.individual.net> <180520141024129498%YourName@YourISP.com> <ll91t5$lbj$1@solani.org>

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In article <ll91t5$lbj$1@solani.org>, ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid>
wrote:
> Your Name wrote:
> > Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
> >> The OEM disk is a valid copy. Got it from TigerDirect. Came with all the
> >> certificates. It validated when I first installed it, but when I had to
> >> install it again, it didn't validate any more and I had to call for
> >> authorization codes.  I paid good money for it, so why isn't it a valid
> >> copy?
> >
> > OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer
> > Such a version is only valid when installed on the original computer it
> > came with, as intended. Anyone selling OEM versions separately is
> > breaking their Microsoft agreement, and the law in some countries.
> 
> No, they aren't!

Yes, they are. "OEM" version *MUST* come with the "Original Equipment"
and that is where the software in *ONLY* allowed to be installed /
reinstalled ... hence the term "OEM".   :-\

The manufacturer pays a special license fee to include the software
with their equipment. Most of the companies making Windows PCs have
such a deal.

Anyone selling "OEM" versions of software *separately* is breaking that
license agreement, if not also the law. In some cases "OEM" labelled
software is simply mass-pirated versions by unlicensed retailers.




> If you buy either Parallels Desktop or VMWare Fusion 
> you're legalized to buy an OEM version of a given Microsoft windows version!
> 
> Also some stores/resellers are legalized to sell OEM Windows systems, 
> when they at the same time sell a piece of hardware that can be used 
> with the computer to which the system is intended.
> 
> Selling Windows versions - i.e. fx. to a standard self-built PC isnot legal!
> 
> When I bought my Parallels Desktop 4.x I bought it along with a OEM ver. 
> of Microsoft Windows XPPro SP2/DK - and that at a Mac reseller store here.

Assuming it was a legal pack, then that is because those VMWare /
Parallels (or Virtual PC on 'classic' Macs) or in some case the
retailer has paid the license fee to be allowed to legally bundle an
OEM verison of Windows, with the Desktop / Fusion virtual computer
being the "Original Equipment" it is to be used with. Again, if you
install that version on a proper PC or even under Boot Camp, then you
are breaking the licence aggreement.

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Windows 7? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-05-15 15:31 +0200
  Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-15 09:59 -0400
    Re: Windows 7? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-05-15 16:15 +0200
      Re: Windows 7? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-05-15 08:51 -0700
        Re: Windows 7? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-05-15 16:03 -0400
        Re: Windows 7? Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-05-16 17:14 +1000
          Re: Windows 7? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-16 22:20 +0200
            Re: Windows 7? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-17 15:57 +0000
              Re: Windows 7? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-05-17 19:32 +0200
          Re: Windows 7? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-05-17 09:20 -0700
            Re: Windows 7? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-18 10:24 +1200
              Re: Windows 7? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-05-18 03:20 +0200
                Re: Windows 7? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-18 14:37 +1200
                Re: Windows 7? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-18 02:43 +0000
              Re: Windows 7? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-18 10:05 +0200
                Re: Windows 7? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-19 09:35 +1200
                Re: Windows 7? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-05-19 01:22 +0200
                Re: Windows 7? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-19 13:25 +1200
                Re: Windows 7? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-19 02:40 +0000
                Re: Windows 7? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-05-19 12:43 +0200
                Re: Windows 7? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-20 09:06 +1200
                Re: Windows 7? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-05-20 00:04 +0200
                Re: Windows 7? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-20 13:31 +1200
    Re: Windows 7? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-05-15 22:49 -0400
      Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-18 18:34 -0400
        Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-18 21:12 -0700
          Re: Windows 7? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-05-19 12:47 +0200
          Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-19 16:54 -0400
            Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-19 19:09 -0700
              Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 10:04 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-05-20 07:57 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 11:05 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-05-20 08:44 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 12:18 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-05-20 09:47 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 09:49 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-05-20 10:28 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-05-20 18:32 +0000
                Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 11:43 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 15:15 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 23:28 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-21 08:28 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-21 08:54 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-21 19:17 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-21 23:16 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-22 09:35 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-22 07:35 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-22 13:01 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-21 19:23 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-22 13:02 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-21 19:24 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-22 13:02 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2014-05-21 16:10 -0500
                Re: Windows 7? George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2014-05-21 16:03 -0500
                Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 08:52 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 12:19 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 09:41 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-20 17:53 +0100
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 15:09 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 13:12 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-20 22:52 +0100
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 17:56 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 15:18 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-20 19:07 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-05-20 19:40 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? "D.F. Manno" <dfmanno@mail.com> - 2014-05-20 20:26 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-21 08:32 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? "D.F. Manno" <dfmanno@mail.com> - 2014-05-21 14:21 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-21 19:18 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-05-20 19:39 -0700
                Re: Windows 7? "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-21 08:30 -0400
                Re: Windows 7? George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2014-05-21 16:13 -0500
  Re: Windows 7? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-15 19:18 +0200
    Re: Windows 7? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-05-15 21:12 +0200
      Re: Windows 7? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-15 21:56 +0200
        Re: Windows 7? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-05-16 00:31 +0200
    Re: Windows 7? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-15 22:02 +0200
      Re: Windows 7? billy@MIX.COM - 2014-05-15 22:19 +0000
        Re: Windows 7? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-17 02:46 +0200
  Re: Windows 7? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-05-15 15:57 -0400
  Re: Windows 7? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-05-15 22:50 -0400
  Re: Windows 7? Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-05-16 17:10 +1000
    Re: Windows 7? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-17 11:04 +1200

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